San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-06-22
X IN &
Solomon S MINES.
BY II. RIDER mAGGAED.

ever seen the like Of u.s. and | pointed to
| Good, feeling quite sire tnat he had never
seen anybody before who looked in the least
| like him rs he th.n appeared.
at is true, | have not said the king.
Have they not told thee how We strike
with death from ATARI"
They have told me, but / believe them
not. Let me srp Won kill. XII me a man
among those WHO stand vUnar'-and he
| pointed to the opposite sIe ol the kraal -
| and will believe"
"Nay,' | answered; 1--WE shed no blood of
man except in just punishment: but il you
| will see, bid thy servants drive in an OK
through the kraal g,trS and before he has
run twenty PAGES | wtII strike him dead"
May laughed the king, kill me a man,
and will believe"
Good, oh, king, 50 be it," | answered,
cOOlly; do thou walk across the open space,
and before thy feet reach the gate IhOu Shalt
be dead or il thou wit not, send thy -"n
Scragga' (whnm at that moment it would
have given me much pleasure To- shoot.
On hearing this SUGGESTION Scr:lgga gave
sort OF Il howl, AMI hoIt"d INTO the hut.
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want IN show III r,t,i.,,, tb.., ,,n MOT tI,,
only MAGICIAN of th,. ,,,,rtv ;,
Sir Unnry accorliu',iv loot, the ..expr.ss ,,
ood made readv
81 hone I shall moko n ,,ood sbotr ho
proaned
lyon mustn ops,varad .If vor mise
with the first horraI L.t him have tho second
SIGHT fnr ana huu,trod ond ,ir,,. ,ords and
wait till the beast turns bruadside on"
Then came pause, TIL presently we
caught sight OF an OK running straight for
the kraal gate. 1t came on through the gate
and then, catching sight of the vast con-
COURSE Vi people, stopped Stupldiy, tuTieu
round, ana beloved.
NowS your time, l whispered.
Up Went the rifle.
Bang tiluu ana the OK was kicking on
MS DacK' shot III the ribs. The Seml-hOllow
DulIet naa dohe It's work weil amt sign OF
astOhlshneht Went up from the assembled
thousands.
turned cOOlly round
"Have lied, OH king?'
"Nay. white man il il n truth ~ was the
somewhat aWpl answer,
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seen Now know yc comn in no,co mr. j.,
wor Soc boro, ,arJ hall ~, tI,n W.,
chester rnnn,tnr, ..I,crn !. a boIIn,y ,,,tf
that shall anohIn van r., kiII evon 40 wa lii
nnIv This charm Ia, unnn II tLow s,,,It Iii,
M man with II IFthm, Iirtnst IL n,r,in,t a
man il shall kiIItI,an St,v ,yiII .,,I,, tI,oa
RAJ = non Stn,, r.,,t,. ,,.,,' and nI.,c. mo
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~ ~" ''''''H 1t was '"''o
No"' Sec Will break I'll" spear.
Taking careful SIGHT fired. The bullet
struck the tat the spear, and broke the
piade III fragments
Again the sigh of aNtonishment went up.
Vow, IWait' OandinG him the riie),
"thlS magic tube We give to thee, and by and
ny VIII SHOW thee now To use 1t but be
ware now tlou uSrNt the magic OF the stars
against a man of earth ami handed him
the rifle. lie took 1t very gingerly, and laid
1t down at his feet As he did so | observed
the wlLehed monkey ike !iTure creeping up
from the shadow OF the hut 1t crcpt on all
fourS, but when 1t reached the place where
the king sat, it rose upon its feet, and throw
ing the furry covering of its face, revealed
most extraordinary and weird countenance.
Ii was apparently that of woman of
great age, 50 shrunken that in size it was no
longer than than that of a year-Old child,
and was made up OF collection of deep yell
low wrinkles. ST in the wrinkles was
sunken slit, that represented the mouth, be-
meath which the chin curved outward to
point There was no nose TO speak of; in
deed, the whole countenance might have
been taken for that oI 4 Sundried corpse had
it not been for plir of large black eyes,
still full of fire and intelligence, winch
CLEANED and played under the snow-white
eyebrows, and the prof citing parchment
cO!Ored skull, like Jewels in a charnel-hOuse.
As for the skull itself, it was perfectly bare,
and yellow in hue.
The figure to whom this fearful cOnnten-
ance, which caused a shIvcr of fear to pass
through us as we gaLrd on it, belonged,
stood still for moment, and then suddenly
projected skinny claw armed with nails
nearly an inch long AMI laid it on the should
er of Twala, the king, and began to speak in
thin, piercing voice:
listen, king! Listen. Opeople! Lis
ten, mount Tins and plains and rivers,
home of the kukuana race! Listen, y skies
and sun. o ram and storm and mist! Lis
ten, all things must live and die! Listen, all
dead things that must live to die again! Lis
ten, the spirit OF life IS in Inc and | prophe-
syn
The words died away in faint wall and
terror seemed to setI" upon the hearts of all
who heard them, inCudin5 ourselves. The
Old woman was very terrible.
Blood! blood! blood! rivers of blood;